Policy Statement Number 4 May 1994 Over the years methadone providers and patients have begun using client in place of patient. While this maybe well intended NAMA is concerned that the results could become damaging to methadone treatment, and most especially to patients. The use of client is deprogating to methadone patients, inferring that their…

Methadose Dispensing Emmett Velten, Ph.D. is the Clinical Supervisor at the BAART Methadone Program, San Francisco, CA. Methadone has inspired an immense mythology.  Perhaps it is the most extensive mythology surrounding any form of medical or psychological treatment, living or dead. Why has such a mythology developed? This question is important given the deadly stakes…

The Methadone Alliance. Euromethwork Newsletter Mar. 2000, Issue 18. The Methadone Alliance supports people who receive prescribed drugs for the treatment of their drug dependency. We are users and sympathetic professionals working together as equals in a unique initiative to give drug users a voice in the drug policy debate. The Methadone Alliance actively promotes…

  The National Alliance of Methadone Advocates (nama) holds the view that every individual who believes in methadone treatment is at least a potential Certified Methadone Advocate (CMA). We encourage all supporters of methadone treatment, patient and non-patient, to become Certified Methadone Advocates so that all energies directed toward the advancement of methadone treatment produce…

Methadone Advocacy: The Time Has Come There are many approaches that a methadone advocacy organization can utilize to bring about change. TexNAMA’s primary objective (as part of NAMA) is the empowerment of patients. By confronting the negative stereotypes TexNAMA works to end the stigma and discrimination that has made recovery and reintegration back into society…